vill2-第46章
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g that a good deal has to be modified in this estimate of the evidence。 Without touching the subject in all its bearings; I may say at once that I do not see sufficient reason to follow the testimony of Domesday very closely as to names of classes。 If we find in a place many free tenants mentioned in the Hundred Roll; and none but villains in Domesday; it would be wrong to infer that there were none but villains in the later sense at the time of the Survey; or that all the free tenements of the Hundred Rolls were of later creation than the Conquest。 It would be especially dangerous to draw such an inference in a case where the freeholders of the thirteenth century are possessed of virgates; half…virgates; etc。; and not of irregular plots of land。 Such cases may possibly be explained by sweeping commutation; which emancipated the entire village at one stroke; instead of making way for the freehold by the gradual enfranchisement of plot after plot。 But it is not likely that all the many instances can be referred to such sweeping emancipation。 In the light of Kentish evidence; of free and villain socage; it is at least probable that the thirteenth…century freeholders were originally customary freeholders entered as villains in Domesday; and rising to freedom again in spite of the influence of feudalism。 Such an assumption; even if only possible and hypothetical; would open the way for further proof and investigation on the lines of a decline of free village communities; instead of imposing a peremptory termination of the whole inquiry for the period after the Conquest。 If the Domesday villains are in no case predecessors in title of freeholders; this fact would go a long way to establish the serfdom of the village community for all the period after the Conquest; and we should have to rely only on earlier evidence to show anything else。 Our case would be a hard one; because the earlier evidence is scanty; scattered; obscure; and one…sided; But if the villains of Domesday may be taken to include customary freeholders; then we may try to illustrate our conceptions of the early free village by traits drawn from the life of the later period;
NOTES:
1。 Rot。 Hundred。 ii。 528; b: 'Et modo omnia illa arrentata sunt et dant per annum 14 sol。 8 d。'
2。 Exch。 Q。 R。 Min。 Acc。; Bundle 510; No。 13: 'Et solebant facere servicia consueta; sed per voluntatem et ad placitum domini extenta sunt in denariis。; Cf Abingdon Cartulary; ii。 303。 Rot。 Hundred。 ii。 453; a: 'Omnes isti prenominati nomine villenagii sunt ad voluntatem domini de operibus eorundem。' Cf Ibid。 407; b。
3。 Worcester Cartulary (Camden Series); 54; b: 'Haec villa tradita est ab antiquo villanis ad firmam; ad placitum cum omnibus ad nos pertinentibus。' Cf Gloucester Cartulary; iii。 37。
4。 Worcester Cartulary (Camden Series); l。c。: 'Praeterea percipimus medietatem proventuum et herietum; praeterea debent metere; ligare et compostare bladum de antiquo dominico de Hordewell。。。。 et gersummabunt filias。'
5。 Glastonbury Cartulary; Bodleian MSS。; Wood; i。; f 241; a: 'Jocelynus dei gratia Bathoniensis episcopus。。。。。 Noveritis nos quietos clamasse omnes homines abbatie Glastonie de Winterburne in perpetuam de arruris et aliis operacionibus quas facere debebant castro Marleberghe de terra de Winterburne; quos homines nostros Henricus illustris rex Anglie nobis concessit。'
6。 Wartrey Priory Cartulary; Fairfax MSS。 f 19; a: 'Et Adam dicit quod predictus Prior villenagium in persona ipsius Ade allegare non potest quia dicit quod dudum convenit inter quemdam Johannem dudum priorem de Wartre。。。。 et quendam Henricum de W。。。 patrem ipsius Ade videlicet quod isdem Prior。。。。 per quoddam scriptum indenturam concesserunt Henrico。。。。 quoddam toftum simul cum duabus bovatis terre。'
7。 Malmesbury Cartulary (Rolls Series); ii。 I99: 'Nos tradidisse。。。 Roberto le H。 de K。 et Helenae uxori suae; et Agneti filiae eorum primogenitae nativis nostris; omnibus diebus vitae eorum; unam domum。 Ita quod non licet praedicto Roberto alicui vendere nec occasione istius traditionis aliquam libertatem ipsis vendicare。'
8。 As to molmen; I shall follow in substance my article in the English Historical Review; 1886; IV。 p。 734。 We already find the class in Cartularies of the twelfth century; in the Burton Cartulary; and in the Boldon Book。 See Round in the English Historical Review; 1886; V。 103; and Stevenson; ibidem; VI。 332。
9。 Any number of examples might be given。 I referred in my article to a Record Office document; Exch。 Treas。 of Rec。 Min。 Acc。 32/8: 'Rogerus prepositus tenet 28 acras pro 13 solidis solvendis ad 4 terminos principales。 Et dat 2 gallinas at Natale domini de precio 3 den。; et 18 ova ad Pascham; et debet 2 homines ad 2 precarias ad cibum domini et non extenduntur eo quod nihil dabunt in argento si servicium illud dominus habere noluerit。 Item idem adiuvabit leuare fenum ad precariam domini quod nihil valet ut supra。 Item idem faeiet 2 averagia Londinium que valent 2d。。。 Custumarii。 Johannes Cowe tenet 13 acras et dimidiam pro 27 d。。。 Et debet 3 opera qualibet septimana; scilicet per 44 septimanas videlicet a festo Natali beate Marie usque ad gulam Augusti que continet in operibus per predictum tempus vi xii (i。 e。 132) et valet in denariis 5 sol。' etc。
10。 Black Book of St。 Augustine; Canterbury; Cotton MSS。 Faustina; A。 i。 31: 'De quolibet sullung (ploughland) 20 solidos de mala ad quatuor terminos quos antecessores nostri dederunt pro omnibus iniustis et incausacionibus (sic) quas uobis ore plenius exponemus。'
11。 Rochester Costumal (ed。 Thorpe); 2; b: 'F。 habet 21 jugum terre te Gavelland unius servicii et unius redditus。 Unumquodque jugum reddit 10 solidos ad 4 terminos…hoc est Mal。 In media quadragesima 40d。 Hoc est Gable。' The Cartulary of Christ Church; Canterbury; in the British Museum (Add。 MSS。 6159) always gives the rents under the two different headings of Gafol and Mal。
12。 The etymology of the word is traced by Stevenson; l。c。
13。 Ashley; Economic History; i。 pp。 56; 57。
14。 Registrum Album Abbatiae Sancti Edmundi de Burgo; Cambridge University; Ee。 iii。 60 f; 188; b: 'Memorandum quod anno regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Henrici 18…dominus Johannes de Norwold abbas Sti。 Edmundi ad ulteriores portas manerii sui de Herlawe; ad instanciam Cecilie le Grete de Herlawe hereditatem suam de mollond infra campum dicte ville jacentem post mortem viri sui a pluribus tenentibus Abbatis petentis coram eodem Abbate; eo pretextu quod vir suus adventicius dictam hereditatem suam ipsa invita vendidit et alienauit; per subscriptos inquisivit; utrum ipse seu alii quicumque infra villam predictam mollond tenentes libere tenuerunt seu tenent; et per cartas aut alio modo。。。 Qui omnes et singuli jurati dixerunt per sacramentum suum quod omnes tenentes de molland solebant esse custumarii et fuerunt; sed Abbas Hugo primus et Abbas Sampson posterum et alii Abbates relaxarunt eis seru;cia maiora et consuetudines pro certa pecunia; modo arentati in aliquibus operibus ceteris; sed nihil habent inde nec tenent per cartas; sed per virgam in curia。 Et sunt geldabiles in omnibus inter custumarios et quod omnes sunt custumarie et servilis condicionis sicut et alii。'
15。 Exch。 Treas。 of Rec。 59/66。 The classes follow each other in this way: 'Liberi tenentes; Molmen; Custumarii。' Cf Rot。 Hundred。 ii。 425; a。
16。 Harl。 MSS。 639; f 69; b: 'Inquisicio facta per totam socam de Badefeud dicit quod si aliquis servus domini moritur et plures habuerit filios; si tota terra fuerit mollond primogenitus de iure et consuetudine debet eam retinere; si tota fuerit villana iunior; si maior pars fuerit mollond primogenitus; is maior pars fuerit villana iunior eam optinebit。'
17。 I cannot surrender this point (cf Stevenson; l。c。)。 That Borough English existed in many free boroughs and among free sokemen is true; of course; and there it had nothing to do with servile status。 It would have been wrong to treat the custom of inheritance as a sure test from a general point of view。 But as a matter of fact it was treated as such a test from a local point of view by many; if not most; manorial arrangements。 I refer again to the Case from the Note…book of Bracton; pl。 1062。 The lord is adducing as proof of a